The area was once a ceremonial center, but after falling into disuse, it was transformed into a football venue. theSun theSundaily football sports volcano Mexico
Aerial view of a football field at the Teoca volcano crater in the town of Santa Cecilia Tepetlapa, on the outskirts of Mexico City, taken on July 9, 2023. AFPPIX: A volcano crater is not an obvious venue for a football match, but that's where a referee blows the whistle for kick-off each weekend on the outskirts of Mexico City.“It’s very nice to come here to distract yourself, to relax, with friends and family,“ he added.
The inactive Teoca volcano rises around 2,700 meters above sea level in the district of Xochimilco, a green lung in the southeast of the sprawling megacity.The area was once a ceremonial center, but after falling into disuse, it was transformed into a football venue.“They used to carry me up here when I was a child,“ he added.A single road reaches the summit, as well as an 18-kilometer hiking trail up the volcano's forested slopes.
According to experts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, there are more than 200 volcanoes, most of them inactive, in the south of Mexico City and on the border with the neighboring state of Morelos. Mexico sits in the world's most seismically and volcanically active zone, known as the Ring of Fire, where the Pacific plate meets surrounding tectonic plates.
One of the country's active volcanoes, Popocatepetl, located just 70 kilometers from the capital, rattled nerves in May when it spewed ash, gases and molten rock. - AFP
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